Packing Plant Fire Sends Melted Butter Flowing Out Of Facility

wftw.com (ap) ^ | 12/2/2004 | Staff

[Red Badger]

NEW ULM, Minn. -- Too bad firefighters didn't have a pile of popcorn handy -- or better yet, loads of lobster tails. An intense fire consumed half of the roof of the Associated Milk Producers Inc. butter packaging plant, sending melted butter flowing out of the facility. There were no immediate reports of injuries, but officials worried that the melted butter would interfere with the railroad tracks bordering the plant's east end. The plant was holding an estimated 3 million pounds of butter at the time of the fire Wednesday. A plant employee discovered the fire in a utility area, and the 30 workers in the butter packaging plant were evacuated and sent home. Officials were investigating the cause of the buttery blaze.

[Red Badger]

You guys really churned those out.

The cream always floats to the top........along with other things.....

[Red Badger]

Or a peta / alf terrorist.

Terrorists from Melmac? Got cats?.....

[ZinGirl]

"hmmmmmm......butttttter"

[Red Badger]

what's next, a meltdown at a Hagen-Daz plant?

That would be a rocky road........

[Red Badger]

Where did you get my picture??????.......Duh-OHHH!!!!!!

[hellinahandcart]

We had an explosion at a vinegar factory in my old neighborhood. There were rivers of vinegar in the streets. The smell that afternoon was just about enough to kill you. Then, everything was curiously fresh for days afterward. :D

They never rebuilt the vinegar factory. Instead the site was turned into a overpriced gourmet grocery called The Vinegar Factory.

[chs68]

Was in in the Land O' Lakes?

[chs68]

LOL

You really got to the heart of the matter.

In similar vein, let me suggest that it is possible for melted butter to by-pass those clogged arteries.

[P-Chan Penny]

LOL :o)

[Red Badger]

I stand pat. The only option for butter aficionados is a heart bypass. That is unless you want to be larded after your death.......

[chs68]

I guess it's just time for me to call my favorite expert on matters such as this.

O, Leo........

He sometimes has to substitute.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Why was it "curiously fresh" afterward?

[dbwz]

Then, everything was curiously fresh for days afterward.

Fresh as a summer's eve?

[Red Badger]

He just works around the margarines......

[wideminded]

The Molasses Disaster of January 15, 1919

[Bacon Man]

This man was seen running from the scene.

Later, Michael Moore showed up to aid in the clean up by licking the pavement.

[NorCoGOP]

officials worried that the melted butter would interfere with the railroad tracks

Greasing the skids?

My grandfather used to do that with his brothers to the Durango-Silverton D&RGW branchline when they were kids...stopped the train cold twice.

[chs68]

"He just works around the margarines......"

Oh, so you know his wife, Marge.

Do you know all the rest of the Arines, too?

I like Marge, but some of the rest of the Arines are a bit too jaundiced for me.

[Red Badger]

They hang around those Trans Fatty Assheads and Hydrogenated Vegetarians too much.......

[Yaelle]

Hmmmm.... Burnt butter..... Could a discount on caramels be far behind????